The A303

By - Fort, Tom

Floor - Floor 1

Published - Simon & Schuster, London, 2013

ISBN 10 - 0857203266

ISBN 13 - 9780857203267

Book Status - 1 Qnty Available with us.

Subject - England--A303 Road

Shelf No - 20

Call Number - 388.1094 FOR

Physical Description - 344 pages : illustrations, map ; 20 cm

Notes - Includes Index

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'A nostalgic experience, informative, humorous, charming, but pervaded by the bitter-sweet scent of regret' Daily Mail The A303 is more than a road. It is a story. One of the essential routes of English motoring and the road of choice to the West Country for thousands of holidaymakers, the A303 recalls a time when the journey was an adventure and not simply about getting there. Tom Fort gives voice to the stories this road has to tell, from the bluestones of Stonehenge to Roman roads and drovers paths, to turnpike tollhouses, mad vicars, wicked Earls and solstice seekers, the history, geography and culture of this road tells a story of an English way of life. 'Fort has an eye for the quirky, the absurd, the pompous and a style that, like the road, is always on the move' Sunday Telegraph 'A lovely book...At last someone has celebrated the romance of the British road' Guardian

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